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Sun, 22 Nov 1998 11:13:31 -0600
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Releases:
Across The Bridge of Hope: The Omagh Tribute Album, UK November 30,
1998
Across The Bridge of Hope: The Omagh Tribute Album, NA March 17, 1999
(rumoured)
Concerts/Live Events:
RUMOUR: U2 at Amnesty International's 50th anniversary of the
United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Celebration, Paris, France, December 10, 1998.
Confirmed: March 24, 1999 Hits Under The Hammer Auction,
Bono's original lyric sheet for "Sweetest Thing" to be included in
the auction
Confirmed: U2 at my house. Today. :)
Television/Radio Events:
BBC: Straight from The Edge's mouth -- The BBC are working on a
special for "Classic Albums" about the Joshua Tree. Airdate TBA
Network TV:
MTV:
MuchMusic/MuchUSA:
Win Disc #000001 promotion starting Nov 23, 1998
VH1: Will air U2 "VH1 Legends" special December 11, 1998
Net Events:
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Rocktropolis will broadcast the U2 Interview on
Thursday, November 19, 7:00 pm EST
http://www2.rocktropolis.com/main/events/u2_interview/
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Island Records Contest -- actually a bit difficult!
Entries judged by U2 themselves! http://www.island.co.uk/u2/main.html
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Vote for U2 at Triple J's(Australian Radio) poll at
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/net50/vote.htm
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Vote for U2 at DotMusic's Top Albums of All Time
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Vot for U2 at http://www.bradfitz.com/votingbooth?schwag402
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Fan Club/WIRE/U2 nutzoid meetings:
Coming Soon : U2 Internet Fan Club(WIRE, EXIT, One, U2Lemon,
etc.) Convention -- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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18th Anniversary of U2's first performance in Canada Celebration
DEC 9th 1998. Check out http://www3.sympatico.ca/p.m_c.c/
or email [email protected] for more information.
(Peter wants to rent a theatre to show Rattle N' Hum on Dec. 9.
The proceeds will go to the a hospital for sick children.
He is putting up a LOT of money himself and he needs 70 people to go.)
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U2 Laser Show in New York City, New York NOV 20 -- DEC 18, 1998
at 9:00PM 81ST BTW CPW + COLUMBUS,AMERICAN MUS.
NAT HIST., IMAX THEATER, LASER U2 IN 3D. Admission $9US.
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January 29, 1999, 8:00 pm U2 coverband "Vorsprung durch Technik"
Bremen, Germany. Email [email protected] for more information.
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NEWS dates:
Kitchen Records interview added Nov 21
Changes to U2-NEWS a'coming! added Nov 21
Best of 1990-2000 added Nov 21
RockToons added Nov 21
Late Late Show in RV added Nov 21
MTV Europe Interview/Editorial added Nov 21
"Where's Mr. Macphisto?" added Nov 21
More Eno/Lanois & U2 added Nov 21
World Charts added Nov 21
Oakenfield in Guinness Records added Nov 21
Omagh Tribute on RTE added Nov 21
With or Without You Japanese Single added Nov 20
Christmas Album sales added Nov 19
Accountants open office in London added Nov 19
Eno on the "Joy" album added Nov 19
Bono sends note to Brian Service's mother added Nov 19
Best of/Originals differences added Nov 19
Italian Charts added Nov 19
New Poll added Nov 18
Poll results added Nov 18
ALT **RUMOUR** added Nov 18
Brian Eno article added Nov 18
U2 #5 in US added Nov 18
Another U2 would have ... added Nov 18
U2 would have been number one :) added Nov 18
John's Chart News added Nov 18
Hlavaty appears in Fallout Jr. added Nov 18
Rushdie to appear at Belfast Festival added Nov 18
Boy George is in love... added Nov 17
More on Interscope Rumour added Nov 17
Brazilian Charts added Nov 17
Baltimore Sun and Consumable online reviews added Nov 17
Bono's ST original lyrics to be auctioned off added Nov 16
ST on Canadian Charts added Nov 16
U2 Launch Kitchen Records added Nov 15
Amnesty International added Nov 15
Toronto Star Best of Review added Nov 15
John's Chart News added Nov 15
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An interview with The Edge and Bono about Kitchen Records
in RV can be found at
http://www.44k.com/
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Changes to U2-NEWS a'coming!
'lo everyone. A few things to alert you about -- there will be some
minor, MINOR, changes to U2-NEWS over the next few weeks.
1) I'm debating about inserting a search engine on the site so
people can find previous articles easier, instead of searching
file-by-file.
2) The items listed under the NEWS Dates will be hyperlinked
to targets within the text of this page -- that should also make
easier access for those using the WWW to read this page.
3) I'm debating about sending out the digest any time it hits
50K -- that would cause U2NEWS to occassionally be
delivered twice a week, but hopefully that would be a rarity.
(I'd really only do it if the digest were 130K in size like it was
last week...)
4) I'm still looking for concert reviews, etc., especially
**POPMart** concert reviews from the various shows for
the history section. If you attended a date that does not have
a description, please send it my way -- full credit will be given!
I'm also looking for all types of pictures, etc., from EVERY
POPMart show...
I think that's it -- there will probably be one or more minor
changes that I've forgotten about -- oh, yeah, I removed that
awful Top 1000 Sites counter that didn't load most of the
time, or didn't register hits properly...<groan>
Anyhoo, have a groovy day, :)
Prarit.
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An interesting page for the Best of 1990-2000, including a
proposed cover(this is _not_ the real thing...Uh...all U2 puns
intended! ;) ) can be found at:
http://members.xoom.com/popu2/2000.html
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In this site recieves 2500 votes, they'll do a U2 rocktoon and
hopefully turn it into a screensaver:
http://216.49.10.245/ro/rocktoons/vote.htm
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The Late Late Show, Omagh Tribute which featured U2 performing
"North And South of the River" and "All I Want Is You"(a KILLER
version of the song...one of the best I've EVER heard!) can be
downloaded in RV from
http://www.interference.com/tubed/latelate1.rm
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Apparently in an MTV Europe interview, Bono said something to
the effect of(this is not a quote!) : "Our next album will be our last
album if it flops....Our egos are too big to be in a crap band."
Prarit's comments: IMHO, and I suppose I'm going to be
accused of wishful thinking, this means all sorts of things. I haven't
seen the interview to know whether or not Bono was (as usual)
joking around or if he was being half-serious. If he was joking
around, then let's move on, it didn't mean much, our fav'rit band
will be together for a nice long time, and none of the rant below
matters.
If he was serious though, there are a few things I'd like to
address:
Let's face it, people--As much as you or I like POP, it flopped.
Hard.
Sales did not meet expectations -- even by a long shot. And as
unfortunate as it sounds for non-Americans, the only place that
matters in music to record executives is the good ol' US of A.
U2 is an established band -- that put out a GOOD album. But
that album was not GREAT, and nor were the sales. The show
accompanying the album was, at times, amazing(Edmonton, June
14th, 1997 -- if you were there you know what I'm talking about)...
But it still was not a commercial success. Recent reports indicate
that the concert tour may have made less than $10 million US in profit.
Chump-change in today's entertainment world -- Movie stars like
Stallone and others make $15-$20 million a picture!
It seems that U2 have faced the facts, realizing that they are a money-
making conglomerate. The financial situation of the band has been
questioned in the past year(Ossie Kilkenny and that whole German
Bowling Alley nightmare), leading to rumours that the 4(5 if you include
manager Paul McGuinness) members of the band were broke. The
question must be asked -- has the band made ANY substantial profits
in this last decade?
ZooTV -- No. The band, by all accounts, barely broke even.
PopMart -- No. The band, again, barely broke even.
This is not the way to run a band. The recording of POP,
if one listens to The Edge, was completed according to a
deadline -- and that band were seemingly not entirely happy
with the final product (Last Night On Earth was not remixed
for the single version -- it was completely re-recorded).
The band themselves have indicated that they wished they
could have had more time with the album -- really, would a
one or two week delay been a big deal to give the fans what
they wanted?
One thing that I've noticed with the release of the "Best of
U2: 1980 - 1990", is that retailers and critics have seemingly
resisted the "saviour-complex" that they assigned U2 in
many interviews during the release of POP. Then, there must have
been 10 - 20 articles that mentioned how the release of the new U2
album was going to save the music industry's sagging sales.
With the release of the Best of package, the moniker seems to
have disappeared -- maybe a bit of clarity/reality from the
powers-that-be in the music industry?
I'm completely ignoring the fact that the members of U2 may
be doing this for fun. I suppose that could be true, but when
one hears about Bono's comments...You just have to wonder
what happened to the guy that said, "It's been quite a year
for U2, we've seen our record go to the top of the American
Charts...even Time magazine put us on the cover, you know...
But it was never our intention to be #1, or be on the cover of
Time magazine....I don't know about you, but I feel good about
the fact that I still haven't found what I'm looking for..."(Chicago,
1987).
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>From [email protected] :
It's finally here the online preview release of "Where's Mr.
MacPhisto?". Based on the Where's Waldo/Wally series you can
play the game on the puzzle page at
This is the preview release for the December Issue full release, so
please send all comments to me at my below e-mail address so
that I can sort all bugs out and improve it.
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Condensed from Addicted To Noise:
U2, No Doubt, Coolio, M�tley Cr�e, Madonna, Fugees, LL Cool J,
Puff Daddy, Robyn Hitchcock, Barenaked Ladies...
Irish rockers U2 entered a Dublin studio two weeks ago to begin
work on their next studio album, which is in its "very early days,"
according to the group's U.K. publicist. Again the band has tapped
the team of ambient-legend Brian Eno and producer Daniel Lanois
(Luscious Jackson, Willie Nelson) to produce the album, which is
not yet scheduled for release. Eno and Lanois collaborated with U2
on several of their most commercially successful, multi-platinum
albums, including 1984's The Unforgettable Fire, 1987's The
Joshua Tree and 1991's Achtung Baby. "[It's] too early to say
what new ideas are coming up, but the only thing that is appearing
as a theme, as an idea, is an attempt to do the most difficult thing
in music, which is to create joy. That is extremely hard," Eno told
Britain's New Musical Express.
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Various Charting Positions from around the World(taken from a
ONE post by [email protected], and email from a few of
you:
The Best of... (double CD)
Japan (date of chart: 11/16)
#5 (down from 3)
Germany (11/10)
#2 (debut; Alanis is #1)
UK (11/09)
#1 (up from 5)
ST is at #7 (down from 5)
Netherlands (11/14)
#3 (debut)
ST is at #12 (down from 7)
Australia (11/09)
#1 (debut; Alanis is #2)
Italy (11/09)
#1 (debut; again poor Alanis at #2)
ST is #2 (up from 6)
Ireland (11/05)
#1 (debut; that damn Alanis is #2)
ST is #2 (down from #1)
Austria (11/09)
#1 (debut; constipated Alanis is at a paltry #3)
ST at #7 (up from 8)
Switzerland (11/15)
#4 (debut; gag gag gag Alanis at #1)
Belgium (11/13)
#1 (debut; lowly Alanis all the way down at #6)
Spain (10/31)
Best of... not yet released
ST is at #2 (up from 3)
Portugal:
Best of... #1(debut)
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>From Rocktropolis:
Paul Oakenfold Makes Guinness Book Of World Records
Many people have been hyped as the most popular DJ in the world,
but when both the Guinness Book of World Records and DJ
magazine say it, it must betrue. Paul Oakenfold is the recipient of
he honorable tag, as the influential U.K. club culture magazine, DJ,
has named him the No. 1 DJ of 1998, and the Guinness Book of
World Records has him as the most successful club DJ in their
1999 book.
The entry on Oakenfold reads: "Paul Oakenfold has sold 1 million
records and owns the Perfecto music label. He is reported to earn
250,000 ($400,000) a year. The remixer and producer has worked
with U2 and the Rolling Stones, making him the most influential
DJ to have moved from club culture into the mainstream. He has
worked in Australia, the U.S.A., Hong Kong, Brazil, Argentina, and
all over Europe and played at private parties for Madonna, Naomi
Campbell, and Grace Jones."
Oakenfold's first U.S. album, CD Tranceport, was released on
Nov. 3 on Kinetic Records. His Sept. 26 show at the Bowery
Ballroom in New York can be viewed and heard at
<http://ssound.pseudo.com>.
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>From www.ohyeah.net:
TV TRIBUTE FOR OMAGH BOMBING
U2, The Corrs and Bob Geldof featured on an Irish TV tribute to the victims
of
the Omagh Bombing. The special edition of The Late Late Show was broadcast
live on RTE on Friday, November 20.
U2 bookended the programme with the songs 'North And South Of the River'
and
'All I Want Is You'. Bono also spoke about the day in Omagh, Northern
Ireland,
which caused 30 deaths when a Real IRA car bomb went off on August 15.
"The only grain of hope that you can possibly glean from this terror," Bono
said, "is that this has to be the end of it. That was the moment that
marked
the end of The troubles. We have to belive that - the polititians, the
police
and the paramilitaries and priests and whoever, that they will go that
extra
mile now to understand their adversaries and then go one mile further. That
is
the only thing that we can hope for."
There had been speculation that Noel Gallagher was set to appear, but he
was
ill and sent a message instead. He gave the show a cassette, containing a
demo
version of 'She's Electric', recorded before Oasis signed to Creation
Records.
He also sent a gold disc of 'Be Here Now' to Claire Gallagher, an Oasis
fan.
She was blinded by the bombing.
The Corrs had helped to organise the programme, and they sang REM's
'Everybody
Hurts' to an audience that was made up of people from Omagh and Buncrana
who
had been traumatised by the bombing. Other guests included Brian Kennedy
and
Paul Brady.
Bob Geldof brought an angry note into the show by slamming "the shame and
horror of 30 years" and reading from the apocalyptic WB Yeats poem 'The
Second
Coming'. He said that the event had left him "sick with rage". He performed
'The Great Song Of Indifference'.
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CDNow has the Japanese version of the "With Or Without You"
single with the B-side as "Sweetest Thing '98" on for $11.49US.
Yep, another advertisement to make this site money :o) :
http://www.cdnow.com/switch/from=sr-1349749/target=buyweb_purchase/ddcn=MSI-M120686
-- Prarit....[email protected] U2 news: http://www.members.home.net/u2-news/u2.html
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